Clinical Research Training in Child Psychiatry

描述(申请人提供)：本次申请是5T32MH18951-12的竞争性续展，5T32MH18951-12是儿童心理健康干预和服务研究的博士后临床研究培训项目。需要支助四名住院医师后的儿童精神病学家、四名博士后儿童心理学家或其他博士后专业人员，以及四名医学生参加夏季研究选修课。在暑期研究体验中，医学生与培训教师的研究导师合作一个项目，导致一个可出版的产品，以激发对儿童精神病学研究的更大兴趣。博士后培训计划使受训者准备好在儿童心理健康干预和服务研究中提出独到的、尖锐的问题。强调以下领域：(1)临床流行病学，了解儿童精神障碍发病的预测因素和治疗反应；(2)使用临床试验方法进行干预和预防研究；(3)心理健康服务研究，包括传播研究；以及(4)治疗反应的生物和遗传预测因素。一个在研究和研究培训方面拥有悠久和成功历史的多学科教员团队参与了该计划，他们在上述所有领域都有专业知识。该计划最重要的方面是将学员与一位在学术上取得成功的导师配对。导师让受训人员参与现有项目，监督受训人员编写出版物，并帮助受训人员起草研究方案，这些方案将导致该领域的重大进展，并为独立研究提供外部资金。将为每个受训人员开发一个单独定制的教学研究课程，以确保获得与受训人员研究兴趣相关的研究设计、统计和内容领域的核心知识。受训者通过研讨会获得核心技能，包括制定研究问题、撰写补助金和项目管理(“研究生存技能”)，以及管理研究过程中的伦理问题。在最后一个项目期间，我们的毕业生取得了成功：在该项目的11名毕业生中，10名发表了同行评议的论文，9名获得了外部资助，7名获得了学术任命，3名已被公认为所在领域的领导者。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application is a competitive renewal of 5T32MH18951-12, a postdoctoral clinical research training program in child mental health intervention and services research. Support is requested for four post-residency child psychiatrists, four post-doctoral child psychologists or other doctorally-prepared professionals, and four medical students for summer research electives. In the summer research experience, medical students work with a research preceptor from the training faculty on a project leading to a publishable product in order to stimulate greater interest in child psychiatry research. The postdoctoral training program prepares trainees to formulate original, incisive questions in child mental health intervention and services research. The following areas are emphasized: (1) clinical epidemiology, understanding the predictors of course onset, and response to treatment of child mental disorders; (2) intervention and prevention research using clinical trials methodology; (3) mental health services research, including dissemination studies; and (4) biological and genetic predictors of treatment response. A multidisciplinary faculty group with a long and successful history of research and research training is involved with the program, with expertise in all of the above-noted areas. The foremost aspect of the program is the pairing of the trainee with an academically successful mentor. The mentor involves the trainee in existing projects, supervises the trainee in the development of publications, and helps the trainee to draft research protocols that will lead to significant advances in the field and external funding for independent research. An individually tailored course of didactic study will be developed for each trainee to ensure the acquisition of core knowledge in research design, statistics, and content areas relevant to the research interests of the trainee. Trainees acquire core skills through seminars in formulation of research questions, grant writing, and project management ("research survival skills"), and managing ethical issues in the conduct of research. In the last project period, our graduates have been successful: of 11 graduates of the program, 10 have published peer-reviewed papers, and 9 have received external funding, 7 have academic appointments, and 3 are already recognized as leaders in their field.